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LEAPNOW in California is Hiring!

LEAPNOW, a cutting-edge alternative education organization in Sonoma County is hiring for 5 positions to live and work at our 11-acre rural campus outside of Healdsburg.   We run innovative programs for gap year and college-age young adults (ages 17-24) that bring together international travel, rites of passage, inner-directed retreats, academic credit and grounded life skills. If you want to witness and be a part of transforming lives, this may be a great place for you. We are hiring for 3 full-time residential staff positions including an Office Manager, Student Journey Coordinator and International Programs Coordinator. We are also looking for a female co-leader for 10 weeks of guided travel in India & Nepal this fall, as well as interns to live and work on our campus throughout the coming year. Detailed job descriptions can be found at:  www.leapnow.org/employment.
 
We cultivate an intentional, relaxed and professional work environment and together we form a dynamic learning community. This is a great opportunity to do work with pivotal impact on young adults while working in an environment that calls all of your wholeness forward.
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You can now directly order AERO Conference CDs and DVDs

You can now directly order AERO Conference CDs and DVDs. The keynotes are all DVDs. 

 
Sugata Mitra Keynote

The following are the video DVDs we have of our keynotes. They have very high quality sound because we had a direct line from the sound feed. We now have had them made and they are in stock. The entire set of 8 video keynotes is $99. Individual keynotes are $14.  In your order type in the total number of DVDs you are ordering and in the notes give the names or numbers of the workshops.

 

DVD Videos of Keynotes

 
Keynotes:
 
1. Dialog Betweer Yaacov Hecht and Sugata Mitra
2. Sugata Mitra Keynote
3. Debbie Meier and Amy Valens Keynote (Good Morning Mission Hill)
4. Zoe Weil Keynote
5. Jeremy Stuart Keynote (Class Dismissed)
6. Nancy Tilton and Tomis Parker Keynote
7. NADEC Keynote
8. Thomas Capone (NYDLA) Lunch Keynote
 
Audio CDs of Workshops:
The set of the ten workshops is $79. Individual workshops are $9 each. IIn your order type in the total number of CDs you are ordering and in the notes give the names or numbers of the workshops
 
10. David Marshak: Introduction to Self Design
11. School Starters Workshop: Jerry Mintz and Chris Mercogliano
12. Robert's Rules for Kids: Ted Weisgal
13. Robert's Rules for Kids Part 2
14. The Real Maria Montessori: Mimosa Jones Tunney
15. Coming Alive with Full Circle Learning: Linda Aaronson
16. Stuart Grauer: Radical Boredom
17. Sudbury Model: Jeffrey Collins
18. Michel Foucault: Kirk Cunningham
19. Pat Farenga: Home Schooling Toward Positive Social Change
20. Debbie Meier & Amy Valens: Discussion of Mission Hill
21. Zoe Weil Keynote
22. Tom Capone Keynote
23. Sugata Mitra Keynote
24. Tomis and Nancy Keynote
 
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Blue Rock School has a position available for a part-time Spanish Teacher

Blue Rock School has a position available for a part-time Spanish Teacher.  Applicants must be fluent, and have interest and experience in progressive educational practice, assessment and social learning.  He/she will develop Spanish curriculum and lesson plans spanning grades 1st – 8th, including experiential activities such as cooking, crafts, songs, rhymes and games.  The applicant will be able to work with young children in a hands-on way, as well as, work with older students introducing the study of grammar and sentence structure.

 

We are a small, not-for-profit, independent and progressive school.  We are oriented towards a balanced and multi-disciplinary education, serving students in grades kindergarten through eighth.  Blue Rock School emphasizes open investigation and discovery, creativity, academic challenge with individualized attention in a stress-free environment.  Please fax or email a resume and cover letter explaining your background and your interest in the position to: Caty Laignel, Director, Blue Rock School, FAX: 845-627-0208 or EMAIL: BRSOffice@verizon.net.

 

 

 

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Check Out Our Pictures From The 2015 AERO Conference!

Were you at our 2015 conference? Wish you were? Come check out some of our best photographic memories of the 2015 event. Warning: They will likely make you want to join us next year.